Ok, just so you know, QWEST offers five different dsl services in my area. They vary by down/up speed.

Is this downloading via a web browser or a download client, IE bittorrent. I you are using a download client then you should take a look at your firewall settings. System/Administration/Firewall and Selinux

If not, you might want to input your dns manually. System/Administration/Network, Edit. Uncheck "Automatically obtain DNS information from provider" click ok and close the network Configuration box. Then reopen it and input your DNS manually in the DNS tab.

Thanks for getting back to me
It is a 1.5mbps download speed connection and I'm using the Mozilla browser
I'm going to take a break from this stuff for a few days
my poor redneck head is overwhelmed for now
Thanks again and I'm not giving up on Linux, windows sucks that much is fo sho